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Original Title
엄마를 부탁해
Title Romanization
Eommareul butakae
Title Sub
신경숙 장편소설
English Title(Printed)
Please look after mother
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century

Author
Kyung-Sook Shin
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2008
Publisher
창비
ISBN
9788936433673
Main Characters
Narrator, Mother, narrator’s siblings
Subject/Theme
Family, missing mother, memories, love

About the Author

Shin Kyung-sook
  • Kyung-Sook Shin
  • Birth : 1963 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kyung-sook
  • Family Name : Shin
  • Korean Name : 신경숙
  • ISNI : 000000008374681X
  • Works : 137
Plot

One day, the narrator’s Mother goes out with Father and ends up going missing when she lets go of her husband’s hand. Despite Father's efforts, the family is unable to find Mother right away, and files a missing person report. The narrator and her siblings each take turns looking for their mother, and in doing so, they come to think about her, whom they have neglected. Thinking of the wounds and sorrow that they’d inflected on her by taking her for granted, the family members look back on their lives.

Descriptions(Languages 2)
  • English(English)
  • Korean(한국어)

This is a novel by Shin Kyung-sook, published in 2008. It was serialized in the quarterly Changjakgwa bipyeong (Creation and Criticism) from the winter of 2007 to the summer of 2008. It tells a story about a family in search of the mother through the eyes of her children, following the traces of the missing mother who goes missing after losing her grip on her husband’s hand on the subway. Each of the characters' thoughts about their mother are elucidated with delicate and detailed sentences unique to the author.

2008년에 출간된 신경숙의 장편소설이다. 2007년 겨울부터 2008년 여름까지 계간지<창작과 비평>에 연재했었다. 작품은 지하철에서 아버지의 손을 놓치고 실종된 어머니의 흔적을 따라가며 어머니를 찾는 과정을 자식들 각각의 시선으로 기록한 이야기다. 인물들 각자의 내면에 자리잡은 어머니에 대한 생각을 작가 특유의 섬세하고 정밀한 문장으로 묘파해내었다.

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